KPJ to spend RM1.29bil to build eight hospitals


KLANG, 22 Feb -- Hospital Pakar KPJ Klang yang telah dirasmikan oleh Tengku Panglima DiRaja Selangor Tengku Sulaiman Shah Alhaj di sini hari ini. --fotoBERNAMA (2014) HAKCIPTA TERPELIHARA
KUALA LUMPUR: Healthcare provider KPJ Healthcare Bhd will spend RM1.294bil to build eight hospitals in several towns over the next few years, its president and managing director Datuk Amiruddin Abdul Satar said. 

The new hospitals, including the Bandar Dato’ Onn Specialist Hospital in Johor Baru, KPJ Klang Bayuemas Specialist, Melaka Specialist Hospital and Port Dickson Specialist Hospital, are expected to open in 2018 and 2019. 

The proposed hospitals will add 1,210 more beds to the group, bringing the total to 4,110 from 2,900 in 2015, he told a media briefing in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. 

KPJ Healthcare will also open two new hospitals this year, one each in Pahang and Perlis costing RM182mil. 

“The hospital in Pahang is set to open in the second quarter of this year while another in Perlis in the third quarter,” he said. - Bernama

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